⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show #Turkey has restricted access to multiple social media platforms including Telegram, X, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok; the incident comes as Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and dozens of others are detained in events described by the opposition as a "coup"
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⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show #Turkey has restricted access to multiple social media platforms including Telegram, X, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok; the incident comes as Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and dozens of others are detained in events described…
⚠️ Update: Network data show internet restrictions remain in place in #Turkey a dozen hours after social media platforms were filtered by authorities; the measures come as over a hundred people including Istanbul mayor Imamoglu are detained on grounds of corruption and terrorism
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⚠️ Update: Network data show internet restrictions remain in place in #Turkey a dozen hours after social media platforms were filtered by authorities; the measures come as over a hundred people including Istanbul mayor Imamoglu are detained on grounds of corruption…
⚠️ Update: it has now been 40 hours since #Turkey imposed widespread social media and messaging restrictions amidst the detention of political opposition figures including Istanbul mayor Imamoglu; the incident continues to severely limit the public's ability to access information
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⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a nation-scale internet outage across #Syria corroborating reports of a telecommunications disruption affecting multiple cities
ℹ️ Update: Internet access has been restored in Syria after a ~12 hour nation-scale outage; the Ministry of Communications identifies the cause as a sabotage campaign targeting fiber optics in areas around Homs and Damascus
ℹ️ Note: X (formerly Twitter) experienced an international outage today; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the Turkish political opposition party CHP's new boycott site which calls on the public to avoid certain government-aligned businesses, boykotyap•com, is now restricted in #Turkey; the incident is the latest in a series of internet censorship measures
ℹ️ Note: X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
ℹ️ Note: X (formerly Twitter) is again experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
ℹ️ Note: The Discord messaging platform is experiencing international API-related service outages at the present time; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #DiscordDown
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity across #PuertoRico as the island experiences a widespread power outage ahead of Easter weekend; the blackout is attributed to an unscheduled shutdown of power plants per energy company Genera 🔌📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a national scale internet disruption in Spain, with nearby countries including Portugal also impacted; the incident is attributed to a widespread power outage 📉🔌 #apagon
⚠️ Update: Analysis of traffic data in #Portugal shows the ongoing impact of today's power outage on critical infrastructure; Portuguese grid operator REN has attributed the blackout to a fault in Spain's power grid due to a "rare atmospheric phenomenon"
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⚠️ Update: Analysis of traffic data in #Portugal shows the ongoing impact of today's power outage on critical infrastructure; Portuguese grid operator REN has attributed the blackout to a fault in Spain's power grid due to a "rare atmospheric phenomenon"
⚠️ Update: Metrics show a corresponding decline in internet connectivity in Morocco, with operator Orange Maroc confirming the telecoms disruption is linked to the ongoing Europe power blackout that has knocked Spain and Portugal largely offline
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⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a new national-scale disruption to X/Twitter in #Pakistan amid escalating unrest and protests over allegations of election fraud, following a high-level resignation and public admission of vote manipulation by a senior election…
ℹ️ Confirmed: Metrics show access to X (formerly Twitter) has been restored in #Pakistan as conflict breaks out with neigbouring India. The platform was restricted by authories in February 2024 after it was used to draw attention to instances of alleged election fraud